Food Blog

The National Restaurant Association’s show is in town in a few weeks, but they’re also putting on an International Wine, Spirits & Beer Event.
It’s that time of year again, find a Farmer’s Market near you. Evanston’s opens May 17th.
The New Yorker tells the story of Grant Achatz’s battle to save his tongue.
Secret Found: What Makes […]

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Monsanto’s Harvest of Fear “Monsanto already dominates America’s food chain with its genetically modified seeds. Now it has targeted milk production. Just as frightening as the corporation’s tactics–ruthless legal battles against small farmers–is its decades-long history of toxic contamination.”
A side effect of the farmer surveillance Monsanto practices - if you try taking a nice photograph […]

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I don’t have ads on this blog, but if I did I’d send you to:
Fred and Friends, with kitchen products like a pan handle shaped like a banana a measuring cup that measures not just in cups and onces, but useful measurements like ‘5 thousand drops of water’ or ‘as many grains of flour as […]

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Photoshoped animals into fruits

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Check out this gallery of the Tribune’s food photography.
Speaking of galleries, Gapers Block has one about the closing of the Hyde Park Co-Op Market (see link at the end of the article).
LTHForum also has a gallery of the last days of the Co-Op entitled: Groceries That People Won’t Buy Even at 40% Off

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The Becker-Posner blog discusses rising food prices
The taxman in Iowa is going after jack-o’-lanterns this Halloween. “pumpkins are used primarily for Halloween decorations, not food, and should be taxed”
The Search for the Cure The quest for the superlative American ham
Looking for a good toothpick — for 2 million years “According to anthropologists who have studied […]

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It was a big week in food here in Chicago with some of the great chef’s of the world coming just to eat our tacos. Seriously, they were here for Trotter’s big dinner Poke around the Stew for more on where these guys hung out and why a famous French pastry chef has to smuggle […]

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Megnut offer’s advice to Gourmet’s advertisers “My little pile of ads that I so carefully tore out of Gourmet for research purposes is now headed to the recycling bin. I’m moving on to websites that actually provide information about the products I’m interested in.”
Just Hungry’s Free Advice to PR people “Hi there, intrepid PR person […]

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I get tons of requests to be added to the list, but it’s been awhile since I’ve been able to look at each one and get them listed, but a quick glance at my request folder shows me there’s some interesting ones out there. Here’s a few recipes.
Ricotta stuffed squash blossoms
Raw chocolate cupcakes […]

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Pumpkins will be dear this year. “Illinois pumpkin-growers like Todd Statzer say a hot, dry summer and late-season torrential rains have made this year’s crop one of the worst in recent memory”

Here’s one of the giant pumpkins at the Botanic Garden.

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